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Morrow County,  Ohio
History & Genealogy
 

Source:  
History of Morrow County and Ohio
Containing a brief History of the State of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time,
embracing its topography, geological, physical and climatic features; its agricultural, stock-growing,
railroad interests, etc.; a History of Morrow County, giving an account of its
aboriginal inhabitants, early settlement by the whites, pioneer incidents,
its growth, its improvements, organization of the county, its
judicial and political history, its business and indus-
tries, churches, schools, etc.; Biographical
Sketches, Portraits of some of
the Early Settlers and
Prominent Men,
etc., etc.
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Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers.
186 Dearborn Street
1880

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PART II.
HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY

CHAPTER VIII -

VILLAGE OF CARDINGTON
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CARDINGTON TOWNSHIP - THE RAILROAD - INCORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE -
ADMINISTRATION - ADDITION TO PLAT - BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND MANUFACTURES -
CHURCHES - BENEVOLENT - SOCIETIES - CEMETERIES

     THE traveler, crossing the State on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, & Indianapolis Railway, passes through but one village in Morrow County, and that is Cardington.  This is a village of 1,362 inhabitants, by the census of the present year; it is situated in the southeast corner of the township of the same name, ninety-eight miles southwest of Cleveland and thirty-eight north of Columbus.  Its latitude is 40½° north, and about 6° west longitude.  A line drawn from Cincinnati, the metropolis of the State, to Cleveland, the second city, passes through the village; another line, drawn from the northwest corner of the State to Marietta in the southeast, the oldest city, will cross the first line in Cardington; so that, like the city of Duluth, "it is supposed to be so exactly in the center of the visible universe that the sky comes down at the same distance all around it."  But this is the village of to-day.  Forty years ago, it ranked below the village of Woodbury, and was called a town only as a matter of courtesy.  A straggling collection of dwellings at the east end of town, that in 1836 counted only six dwellings, with the saw and grist mills, and the carding-mill and two cabins at the west end, marked the site of Cardington.  One street wound along the river bank from the ford at the site of Bunker's mill to the carding-mill, and then on to the Delaware road.  Where Main crosses Marion street, a "cat-tail swamp" barred the way, and a single tavern and store represented the hospitality and commercial enterprise of the place.  But little remains now to point out the changes that have been made since that day.  Here and there about two some old structure is pointed out beneath its modern disguise as one of he land-marks of that time.  There is the old water-mill, built in 1840 by Shunk & Wolfe, with the same old building, but containing such improvements in machinery as would be likely to confound the early proprietors.  The house on the race, back of E. Winebar's, is another relic of the early times, and about which cluster the memories of the earliest settlers, while those owned by John Leutz, and Andrew Great have witnessed the changes from a time scarcely less early.  The stable of C. P. Nichols has had a varied existence.  Built in 1839 for a stable by Martin Brockway, it stood on the south side of Second street, opposite John Sanderson's livery stable.  In 1852, Leumas Cook brought it, and, moving it to where Harvey Bunker's livery stable stands, converted it into a grist-mill, applying the first steam power ever used in the town.  After serving in this capacity for eight or ten years, it was sold again and resumed its character of stable, and is now occupied for livery purposes.  Of those who were actors upon the scene at that time, there are twelve persons remaining.  Leumas Cook and wife, Mrs. Hannah Brockway, Mrs. Anna Wolfe, Julia Hartsock, Thomas C. Thompson, Dubois St. John, Sarah A. Bailey, Mary Badger

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Mary Long, Mrs. Harriet Prophet, and Elihu Bunker.
     The Bunker property remained in the hands of Cook and Shunk two or three yeas, when in 1836 they laid out the town.  They soon after dissolved partnership, Cook retaining the village property and Shunk taking the mills and water privileges.  In 1839, Charles H. Wolfe came here from Maryland with his wife and child, and purchased an interest in the mills with Shunk, a partnership that terminated only with the death of Mr. Shunk in 1864.  Three years before the coming of Wolfe, Thomas C. Thompson came from the same State, a young unmarried man, and set up a carriage-shop.  A year later, having established himself in his business,  He returned to Maryland and brought back the sister of John Shunk as his wife.  In 1837, Anson St. John came here, a widower with three children, and established a cabinet-shop on the bank of the river in the east part of town.  Here he manufactured the first furniture made in the place, and carried a stock of goods that was the pride of the town.  A lathe run by horse power was one of his conspicuous advantages over competitors in the surrounding county, giving his work a superior finish and his shop greater facilities that told on the customer.  But, notwithstanding these additions, the town made but a very small show for a city.  Up to the coming of the railroad, the place exhibited no particular vitality, and, in fact, was rather retrograding.  Chesterville at that time was the metropolis of the  county, with a lively struggle between Mount Gilead and Cardington for second place.  The nearest point to secure supplies was at Mansfield, which was then the terminus of the old Mansfield railroad.  Here, whoever had business to that place, put on what goods they could haul and brought them back to his neighbors.  A small tin-shop owned and run by Dubois St. John got all of its supplies here, going over eighteen  or twenty miles for the little stuff he found sale for in the way of his trade.  In 1848, came the formation of the county, and with it a "boom" for Mount Gilead, making it in a short time the most important village in the county.  At this time the Scriptural injunction, "let him that standeth take heed lest he fall"  would have served the county seat an excellent purpose if it had been heeded.  The building of the new railroad was projected, and soon took shape, so that the village was asked to subscribe for the enterprise.  Fifty thousand dollars worth of stock was at once taken and the line surveyed out.  At this juncture the managers, desiring to make sure against any failure on the part of the subscribers, came to Mount Gilead, as to other places, to get security for the subscriptions before the work was begun.  The parties there, feeling sure that the road would go through, temporized and failed to give the desired guarantees, and the railroad magnates left, in no amiable mood.  Coming to Cardington they stopped with John Shunk, who was a man of shrewd intellect and kept hotel.  The town had but little means and could not compete with the county seat in subscription, but Shunk suggested that if they would follow the line surveyed in 1830, for the Ohio Canal, which passed about two miles west of Mount Gilead, they would save nearly as much as they had subscribed.  This suggestion fell upon willing ears, and the line was laid out in that way.  One day, it is said, some Gilead parties were in Cardington, and, noticing some men working along the proposed route through town, inquired what was going on.  "That is the line of the new railroad," was the reply.  The astonishment and chagrin of the man from Gilead was all that their rivals could have asked.  Great efforts were made to counteract the effects of their short-sighted policy, but it was in vain, and Cardington gained what was far more valuable to her interests than the seat of justice.  During the year 1850, the work on the road was rapidly pushed and finally completed, so that the first train passed over the road in January, 1851.  Ira and George Nichols, of this village, contracted for and built several sections of the road, along where it passes Levering Station.  There was a good deal of hard feeling expressed over the failure of Mount Gilead, and some of the farmers did all

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the bank of the river.  The members of the department were at one time provided with a uniform, but the frequent changes in the membership, and the wear and tear of service have long since spoiled its effect, and it has been abandoned.
     The early records of the Common Council have been partially lost, but enough remains in the recently published book of ordinances to satisfy one that their labors have not been arduous, nor especially memorable.  There has been no occasion for great display of statesmanship or financial ability.  No great undertaking has been engaged in, and, save in the matter of grading the streets and the purchase of the engine, no considerable expenditure has ever been made, or bonds negotiated.  The village is now nearly out of debt, and that without excessive taxation.  The officers first elected were the Mayor, Recorder, Treasurer, Marshal and five Councilmen, until 1870, when the number of the latter was raised to six.  An engineer was appointed, in 1858 a Street Commissioner was added, and in 1861 the office of engineer abolished.  In 1866 a Health Officer was made a regular part of the administration, to be abolished in the following year.  In 1878 the offices of Street Commissioner and City Solicitor were established, thought the former seems to have been a regular member of each administration since 1858.  The list of officers since the incorporation of the village is as follows:

1857 - Mayor, John Shur; Recorder, Robert Johnson; Treasurer, John Beatty; Engineer, Simon Rosenthal; Marshal, D. B. Peck. 
Councilmen - G. W. Stark, J. C. James, James Gregory, Jr., Jeremiah Shunk, Levi Maxwell.
1858 - Mayor, Daniel Wiedner; Recorder, A. C. Shur;1 Treasurer, John Beatty; Engineer, Simon Rosenthal; Marshal, W. T. Armstrong; Street Commissioners, George Miller.2
Councilmen - G. W. Stark, J. C. Goodman, A. W. Bartlett, D. L. Swingley, James Gregory, Jr.
1859 - Mayor, Charles Maxell;3 Recorder, James W. Likens; Treasurer, F. E. Phelps;4 Engineer (record lost); Street Commissioner (record lost); Marshal (record lost).
Councilmen - G. W. Stark, William Shunk, A. W. Bartlett, Stephen Brown, Samuel Cook.
1860 - Mayor, Daniel Norris; Treasurer, W. F. Armstrong.  The rest of the record is lost.
1861 - Mayor, John Andrews; Recorder, Harlos Ashley;5 Treasurer, A. H. Shunk; Engineers (dropped); Street Commissioner, Wm. Lamprecht; 6 Marshal, J. Hughes.
Councilmen - A. H. Shunk, J. L. Dana, Wm. Lamprecht, J. W. Marvin, G. R. Cunningham.
1862 - Mayor, J. C. Godman; Recorder, O. W. Cadwallader; Treasurer, David Armstrong, Jr.; Street Commissioner, W. C. Nichols; Marshal, W. A. Cunningham.7
Councilmen - J. C. Ward, W. C. Nichols, S. Brown, David Armstrong, Jr., I. N. Burt.
1863 - Mayor, John Andrews;8 Recorder, David Wagner; Treasurer, A. C. Shur; Street Commissioner, W. C. Nichols; Marshal, C. R. Morehouse.
Councilmen - M. L. Mooney, A. H. Grant, A. C. Shur, A. H. Green.
1864 - Mayor, W. C. Nichols; Recorder, F. L. Wallace; 9 Treasurer, A. J. Blake; Marshal, W. H. Conklin; Street Commissioner, S. Brown;
Councilmen - A. J. Blake, D. Wagner, A. H. Green, T. H. Ensign, Arthur Taylor 10
1865 - Mayor, W. C. Nichols; Recorder, H. H. Sterner; Treasurer, A. J. Blake; Street Commissioner, G. W. Bell; Marshal, W. A. Conklin.
Councilmen - A. J. Blake, F. E. Phelps, A. K. Earl, D. Wagner, 11 J. Richards.12
1866 - Mayor, W. C. Nichols; Recorder, Charles B. Lindsay;13 Treasurer, M. L. Mooney; Street Commissioner, G. W. Bell; Marshal, F. M. Sargean;14 Health Officer, Dr. A. S. Weatherby;
Councilmen - F. E. Phelps, M. L. Mooney; J. S. Peck,15 T. H. Ensign, A. H. Grant.16.
1867 - Mayor, G. P. Stiles; Recorder, H. S. Green; Treasurer, Z. L. White; Street Commissioner, G. W. Bell; Marshal, Samuel Shoemaker.
Councilmen - Z. L. White, T. E. Duncan, G. R. Cunningham, S. W. Gregory, J. W. Marvin.
1868 - Mayor, J. B. Clark; Recorder, R. M. Underwood; Treasurer, S. W. Gregory; Street Commissioner, G. W. Bell;17 Marshal, J. R. Brown 18
Councilmen - S. W. Gregory, E. Weatherby, D. St. John, W. Shunk,19 E. Burt.
1869 - Mayor, W. C. Nichols; Recorder, H. H. Pollock; Treasurer, J. S. Peck; Street Commissioner, A. H. Green; Marshal, W. H. VanHorn.
Councilmen - J. S. Peck, T. H. Ensign, C. W. Case, L. F. Hager, A. H. Grant.
1870 - Mayor, A. K. Earl; Recorder, G. H. Wright; Treasurer, D. St. John; Street Commissioner, G. W. Bell; Marshal, A. J. Shoemaker.
Councilmen - C. W. Case, E. Bart, S. W. Gregory, John Sanderson, B. B. Crane, R. F. Chase.
1871 - Mayor, A. K. Earl;20 Recorder, G. H. Wright; Treasurer, D. St. John; Street Commissioner, D. C. Peck; Marshal, John Irvin.21
Councilmen - D. C. Peck,22 B. B. Crane, John Bayer, John Sanderson, G. R. Cunningham, E. Winebar.
1872 - Mayor, S. Brown; Recorder, G. M. Brown;23 Treasurer, D. St. John; Street Commissioner,24 D. C. Peck; Marshal, A. Van Horn.
Councilmen - M. Lewis, E. Bart, John Bayer, E. Winebar, E. S. Badger, G. R. Cunningham.
1873 - Mayor, S. Brown;25 Recorder, J. Sanderson, Jr.; Treasurer, D. St. John; Street Commissioner, Lester Bartlett;26 Marshal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - E. S. Badger, A. J. Pittenger, E. Winebar, C. W. Case, G. R. Cunningham,27 J. H. Benson.
1874 - Mayor, William G. Betty;28 Recorder, W. H. Fiedler; Treasurer, D. St. John; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marshal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - J. H. Benson, T. Duncan, Jacob Demuth, A. J. Pittenger, E. Winebar, G. W. Bell.
1875 - Mayor, J. C. Bump; 29 Recorder, W. H. Fiedler; Treasurer, D. St. John; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marshal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - Jacob Demuth, Asa McCrary, L. R. Miller, J. S. Peck, A. J. Pittenger, E. Winebar.  
1876 - Mayor, Seth Cook; Recorder, Z. B. Taylor; Treasurer, E. Winebar; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marshal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - L. R. Miller, J. W. Ryan, Thad, Worthlin, John Weist, Asa McCreany, A. J. Pittenger.
1877 - Mayor, Seth Cook; Recorder, Z. B. Taylor; Treasurer, E. Winebar; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marshal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - A. J. Pittenger, J. W. Ryan, John Weist, J. W. Shaw, Thad. Worthlin, Asa McCreary.
1878 - Mayor, C. W. Case; Recorder, Z. B.Taylor; Treasurer, T. W. Long; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marshal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - John Weist, J. W. Ryan, Asa McCreary, J. W. Shaw, George Dawson, A. J. Pittenger.
1879 - Mayor, C. W. Case; Recorder, Z. B. Taylor; Treasurer T. W. Long; City Solicitor, T. S. White; Street Commissioner, H. Van Horn; Marhsal, H. Van Horn.
Councilmen - A. J. Pittenger, John Weist, C. Vanbrimmer, L. H. Pennock, Henry Bailey, G. B. Gray.
1880 - Mayor, J. B. Waring; Recorder, J. P. Scott; Treasurer, E. Winebar; City Solicitor, T. S. White; Street Commissioner, C. E. Terry; Marshal, C. E. Terry.
Councilmen - R. F. Bartlett, G. B. Gray, Henry Bailey, Thad. Worthlin, R. M. Underwood, James Cavert

NOTES:
1. Resigned, and Jeremiah Shunk appointed to fill the vacancy.
2. Resigned, and C. P. Shur appointed to fill the vacancy.
3. Resigned, and T. W. McCoy appointed to fill vacancy.
4. Resigned and Jeremiah Shunk appointed to fill vacancy.
5. Resigned, and O. W. Cadwallader appointed to fill vacancy
6. Resigned, and G. W. Stark appointed to fill vacancy. Stark also resigned, and A. H. Green appointed to fill vacancy
7. Resigned, and Daniel Benson appointed to fill vacancy.
8. Resigned, and S. Brown appointed to fill vacancy.
9. Resigned, and H. H. Sterner appointed to fill vacancy.
10. Resigned, and F. E. Phelps appointed to fill vacancy.
11. Resigned, and J. S. Peck appointed to fill vacancy.
12. Resigned, and Jacob Demuth appointed to fill vacancy.
13. Resigned, and H. S. Green appointed to fill vacancy.
14. Resigned, and W. A. Conklin appointed to fill vacancy
15. Resigned, and Thos. E. Duncan appointed to fill vacancy
16. Resigned, and Z. L. White appointed to fill vacancy
17. Resigned and Sam'l Benson appointed to fill vacancy.  Benson resigned and Bell appointed to fill vacancy.
18. Resigned and George W. Reed appointed to fill vacancy
19. Resigned and John Andrews appointed to fill vacancy
20. Resigned and S. Brown appointed to fill vacancy
21. Resigned and A. C. Galpin appointed to fill vacancy
22. Resigned and Morgan Lewis appointed to fill vacancy
23. Resigned and W. H. Cordrey appointed to fill vacancy
24. Resigned and Lester Bartlett appointed to fill vacancy
25. Resigned and D. C. Peck appointed to fill vacancy
26. Resigned and D. C. Peck appointed to fill vacancy
27. Resigned and D. H. Hindman appointed to fill vacancy
28. Resigned and J. C. Bump appointed to fill vacancy
29. Resigned and A. M. Earl appointed.  Earl resigned and R. T. Mills appointed to fill vacancy.

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     The rise and early growth of the business of Cardington has been referred to elsewhere.  The progress from Bunker's single little store, followed by Peter Doty, Robert Jeffries, John Shunk, Shunk & Wolfe, Martin Brockway, David Armstrong and John Shur, covers the growth in business for some thirty years.  The advantages offered by the river and railroad were largely counter-balanced by the strong competition offered by Chesterville and Mount Gilead.  But time gradually told in favor of this village, and at the beginning of the war a class of enterprising men had become established in business, and made Cardington, during that period, one of the most active little towns in Central Ohio.  About 1863-64, there were nine or ten business houses doing an annual business varying from $20,000 to $50,000, whose daily sales on special occasions reached from $300 to $800 per day.  The result of this prosperity was the erection of the fine business blocks that adorn the main streets of the village.  In 1867, the "Enterprise Block" was put up.  During the previous year, parties had given encouragement to a man from Delaware, that if he would come to the village and make the brick they would use them in buildings.  For some reason these parties failed to take the brick, and the man of mud found himself in a predicament which threatened to swamp him financially.  Through his efforts and those of Hon. T. E. Duncan, who owned the land on which the building stands, the block was put up at a cost of about $12,000.  To facilitate the project, the land was divided to suit those desiring storerooms, and all put up together.  The parties joining in the enterprise were Dubois St. John, a Mr. Crane, White & Chase, Duncan and Shunk & Wagner.  This block stands on the west side of Marion street.  The next business block was that of Marvin & Shaw on the opposite side of the street, built at a probable cost of some $7,000.  In 1876 the stone bank building and the St. John Block, and in the following year the Beatty & Chase Block were put up on Main street, the whole costing some $25,000.  The Brooks & Parvis Bros. Block was erected on Main street in 1878.  These buildings afford ample room for all the important business houses in the village.  Since the close of the war and the depression of business, the unwonted activity of 1863 has given place to a much more quiet life in business circles, and quite a number of the old wooden buildings are now standing empty.  In the matter of manufactures, though not reaching the development in this branch as in the mercantile trade, the village has had a steadier and more permanent growth.  The Bunker enterprise gradually died out after the bankruptcy of the originator of the project, and was succeeded some years later by a saw and grist mill, built on the site of the old Bunker mills.  In 1856 John Gregory and Mrs. Israel Hite built a steam mill on the bank of the river, just where the railroad now passes.  This was run about a year when it changed owners.  It did not prove valuable property for some reason and changed hands frequently until 1867, when John Cline bought it and transformed it into a woolen mill.  It ran for several years in the business, when the proprietor failed, and the mill, after lying still for some two years, Matthias Lowyer bought it and continued the business.  The mill now manufactures knitting yarn and some common grades of cloth, but there is no means of ascertaining its business, as no complete books are kept and the only interest seems to be that the establishment does not lose money.  It is supported by a local trade that keeps the mill running most of the year.  The machinery of the old carding-mill, its predecessor, which has been idle here for years has just been sold and is to be moved East.  In 1840, the old water-mill, standing on the bank of the river, near Marion street, was built by Wolfe & Shunk.  In 1877, it passed into

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the hands of Mills & Dawson.  Up to this time it has depended upon the water brought from the dam by the mill-race, but R. T. Mills having erected a steam saw-mill just west of the old mill, arrangements were made to make the engine of that establishment serve the grist-mill by means of a wire rope.  Since the new proprietors have come into possession of thismill, new machinery has been introduced until it is now in every respect prepared to do first-class work.  It is the only mill now doing custom work and has a capacity of twenty barrels in the day and night.  In 1870, the Cardington Flouring Mill Company was formed, with a capital of $15,000.  The company consisted of I. H. Pennock, John Beatty, W. G. Beatty, D. St. John, T. E. Duncan, J. H. Benson, and the Dawson Brothers. They bought the Andrews' warehouse and fitted up a steam mill that did for some years an extensive business. The business failed, however, in 1877, and the mill lay idle for two years, when it was bought by Dawson & Taylor.  It has been furnished with every modern improvement, has four run on buhrs stones with a capacity of turning out sixty barrels of flour in twenty-four hours.  Power is furnished by a sixty-horse-power engine situated in a brick inclosure built on the south part of the main building.  This is situated on the west side of the railroad track near the depot, and is run exclusively on commercial work.
     Another prominent enterprise of the village is the furniture factory of J. S. Peck.  This industry had an early origin in Cardington.  In 1844, Anson St. John supplied the village and the surrounding country.  In 1851, Edbert Payne established a shop for the prosecution of this business, but, after continuing it for a few years, sold out and went West.  In 1863, Mr. Peck, with his brother, opened a small store in a frame building, where his retail store now stands.  Asa McCreary at that time had a small furniture store in a building where the St. John Block now stands.  Soon after his coming here, Mr. Peck bought out McCreary, and a little later bought his brother's interest.  He early began manufacturing and building up a wholesale business, occupying a frame building on Second street, opposite his present establishment, and using horse power to run his lathe and other machinery.  He afterward put in an engine, but the business was expanding, and feeling the danger in case of a fire, he erected, in the fall of 1876, a three-story brick building, on the corner of Second and Depot streets, 42x75 feet, which is devoted entirely to certain lines of furniture.  The most of the machinery is on the first floor, and is of the most improved patterns.  Fire-proof doors close the entrance to the engine-room, and throughout the building in the upper stories, between the various rooms, the doors are sued to guard against fire.  The building and dryhouse are heated by exhaust steam, and the latter provided with an elevator.  In manufacturing, Mr. Peck makes a specialty of bedsteads, employing some $30,000.  Adjoining this establishment is the planing-mill and lumber-yard of Levi Maxwell.  Something over thirty-five years ago, he came from Clarksburg, W. Va., and, engaging in the business of carpenter and joiner, has probably put up more buildings than any other mechanic in the village.  His first dwelling was for Dr. White in 1848, now owned by Mrs. Mosher.  In 1874, he bought the lumber-yard of Levi Reichelderfer.  After purchasing this property, he used the machinery of Peck, but as business increased, he bought machinery of his own, and on the erection of the Peck Block, he rented the north end of the building for his machinery, renting the motor power of Mr. Peck.  Since 1873, Mr. Maxwell has built up a business that reaches in extent of its sales to $25,000 annually.
     The manufacture of wagons and carriages was one of the earliest industries of the place.  Bunker, the early founder of the village, was a successful wagon-maker in Vermont, and notwithstanding the numerous projects that divided his attention, he found time to devote to his old business in the new country.  Succeeding him came Thomas C. Thompson,

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who established a carriage-shop in 1836 on the property now owned by J. M. White.  In 1847, J. H. Fluckey commenced the blacksmith business, doing custom work until 1873, when he began the manufacture of carriages, which he is ..... MORE TO COME.........

 

 

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     In 1867, Rev. S. Altman, a minister of the United Brethren Church, held a protracted meeting in the Methodist Protestant Church of this place, and to all appearance was successful in getting up a genuine and sweeping revival of religion.  The meeting was of several weeks' continuance.  The best ministers of the connection were brought into requisition, among them Bishop Weaver, and the altar for many nights was crowded with penitents.  Many professed saving faith.  A class of persons were professedly converted that had never before been reached;  I mean our business men, and for a time it seemed that the citadel of Satan must be taken.  It was said a $10,000 church must be built, and the best minister in the Conference must minister at the altar.  The meeting closed; a church of nar half a hundred members was organized, and officers appointed, but, for some cause the society was not formed here.
     The German Lutheran is a small organization in the west end of the town.  It was organized in 1868 by F. G. Edward Knauth.  They have a neat place of worship, valued at $1,100.  They have twenty-eight members, over whom the Rev. S. Hunsicher presides as Pastor.  They have services on alternate Sundays.  The statistics of the Sunday school are as follows:  Scholars enrolled, 20; average attendance, 15; number of classes, 5; number of teachers, 5.
     The Catholic Church formed an organization here about 1870.  They have a small brick edifice, 24x30 feet.  They have no regular service, but are supplied by Father Pilgrim, of Delaware, at irregular periods.  They congregation and denomination is composed of sixteen families, and numbers about eighty persons.
     The Cardington Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 194, was instituted Mar. 9, 1852, by W. G. Williams, M. G. M., with John Andrews, J. J. Richards, J. W. Likens, J. R. West, Adam Wolfe, J. W. Place, L. Carpenter, David Smith and George Granger as charter members.  The first officers were George Granger, N. G.; F. E. Phelps, Sec.; Ruben Bunker, Per. Sec.; C. T. White, Treas.  Their first hall was in the building that stood on the northeast corner of Main and Marion streets.  They occupied this hall until 1860, when the Starr building was moved on to the southeast corner of these streets, on to a lot owned by the society, and the second story was fitted up for their reception.  They moved into it at once and made their home here until the destructive five of 1875 swept that corner, destroying the hall with all its contents, occasioning a loss to the order of $1,200.  In the following year, when the Chase and Beatty Block was built, the society put on the third story at an expense of $7,000, including the furniture of the hall, a sum of money which they had in the treasury of the order save perhaps, $100.  The lodge room is 42x72 feet, with commodious committee and paraphernalia rooms on one side, opening out of the main hall.  The whole is finely fitted up and is claimed to be the finest of its kind in Central Ohio.  This lodge has about 122 members, has paid out $14,000 for the relief of the members, besides some $2,500 for charitable purposes, independent of the order.  In addition to their hall, the lodge owns a lot with 53 feet front, on the southeast corner of Main and Marion streets, which is valued at $5,000.
     The Whetstone Encampment, No. 95, was instituted June 3, 1867, by William Slater, M . W. G. Patriarch, with John Andrews, Levi Reichelderfer, A. H. Grant, A. W. Bartlett, S. Brown, J. H. Fiedler, David Smith, Lewis Openheimer, W. F. Armstrong, A. V. Conklin and D. B. Kinsell as charter members.  It numbers about sixty-two members.
     Cardington Lodge, No. 384, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized Feb. 5, 1867, with C. H. McElroy, W. S. Paul, H. S. Green, J. W. Marvin, M. L. Mooney, M. Burns, G. W. Bell, A. Weathersby, Andrew Caton, W. A. Hance, A. H. Shunk, as charter members.  Their first hall was in the north end of the Enterprise Block, but they have recently moved into the Brooks & Parvis Brothers' Block.  The first officers were: C. H. McElroy, W. M.; W. S. Paul, S. W.; A. H.
 
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, Sec.; G. W. Bell, Treas.; M. L. Mooney, S. D.; H. S. Green, J. D.; Andrw Grant, Tiler.  The lodge has labored under some financial difficulties, but they have a neat and commodious hall, and some ninety members in all.  The present officers are:  D. N. Wherry, W. M.; T. W. Long, S. W.; Jesse Rinehart, J. W.; Judd Sherman, S. W.; R. H. Hirth, J. D.; T. H. Ensign, Treas.; B. B. Crane, Sec.; S. Brown, Tiler.

     In 1835, Cook and Shunk donated to the township one hundred rods of land, in a square piece for the cemetery.  This was situated just northeast of the end in the river, and is now the southeast corner of the new cemetery.  In April, 1863, Leumas Cook set apart fifteen and a half acres of land, west of the old cemetery, and adjoining it on the north and west, lying along the north bank of the river.  This was surveyed out into 163 lots, and forms a pleasant place for the purpose for which it was designed.

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NOTES:

1. Resigned, and Jeremiah Shunk appointed to fill the vacancy.
2. Resigned, and C. P. Shur appointed to fill the vacancy.
3. Resigned, and T. W. McCoy appointed to fill vacancy,

 

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